Bird house



Jan. 13, 1925- 1,522,815

Q. C. GEORGE BIRD HOUSE Filed Feb. 25 1924 Patented Jan. 13, 1925.

OLLIE C. GEORGE, OF CRYSTAL LAKE, ILLINOIS.

BIRD HOUSE.

Application filed February 25, 1924.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLLIE C. GEORGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Crystal Lake, in the county of McI-Ienry and State ofIllinois, have invented new and useful Bird Houses, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a bird house and while it is particularlydesigned as a martin house it is to be understood that the same can beused for housing other birds.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a house of thischaracter made of detachably connected units adapted to be superposedand fastened together detachably whereby the various compartments ineach unit can be reached readily for the purpose of cleaning them.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of the structure, partsbeing shown in section.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of a corner portion of the top unit.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference A and B designatesuperposed units of like construction it being understood that anydesired number of these units can be employed, the top unit B beingadapted to support the upper or roof unit C. Each of the units consistsof a floor 1 on which are secured upstanding walls 2 spaced inwardlyfrom the edges of the floor to provide a balcony extending around thewalled portion. Removable partitions 3 are seated at their ends ingrooves 4 formed in opposed walls and these partitions, in turn, areprovided with grooves 5 adapted to receive edges of other partitions 6projecting into grooves suitably located in the walls. Thus the interiorof the structure enclosed by the Walls 2 is provided into separatecompartments 7 and opening into each of these com- Serial No. 695,060.

partments through one of the walls 2 is a window or a door such as shownat E. The walls and partitions are all of the same height, so that whentwo units .A, and B are superposed the floor 1 of the upper unit willrest upon the walls and partitions of the lower unit. The top or roofsection C can be of any desired configuration, the bottom or floorportion 9 thereof projecting outwardly so as to be preferably flush withthe edges of the floors 1. The interior of the top or roof section isdivided in any suitable manner into separate compartments having windowor door openings 10. The bottom or floor board 9 has its central portioncut away to pro ide a rectangular opening 11 substantially of the samearea as the walled portions o the units thereunder. Detachably fittedwithin this opening 11 is a removable floor board 12 constituting themajor portion of the floor of each of the compartments in the top orroof section 0. When the units A, B and C are assembled the removablefloor sections 12 rest upon the partitions in the unit B and, if largeenough, can also rest upon the walls 2 of said units. Thus the removablefloor section 12 will be held in the recesses 11.

Interposed between the corner portions of the floors 1 and 9 of theunits A, B and (l are supporting blocks 13 having openings 14 extendingtherethrough and registering with similar openings 15 in the floors 1and 9. Tie rods 16 are extended through the openings 14 and 15 and havecollars 17 or the like adapted to thrust against the bottom surface ofthe floor 1 of unit A while the upper end of each rod is threaded asshown. at 18 for engagement by a nut 19 or the like. Thus the tie rodscan be securely tightened within the blocks 13 and the floors 9 and 1 soas to bind them together as shown in Fig. 1 and hold the units fixedrelative to each other. By using longer tie rods additional units can beadded-to the units A, B and G, these added units corresponding with theunits A and B. By removing the tie rods the superposed units can belifted one from the other, thereby exposing the compartments in thedifferent units so that they can be cleaned readily. The compartments inthe top or roof unit C are reached for cleaning by removing the floorsection 12.

It is to be understood, of course, that the construction and arrangementshown is only one of many that can be utilized Without departing fromthe present invention as claimed.

What is claimed is 1. A structure of the-class described includingseparate interchangeable units each comprising a floor, a Walledstructure secured to the floor and divided into separate compartments,each comp'ar'tmenthaving an outlet through one of the Walls of thestructure, the floor of one unit constituting' -a-closure for the-topsof'the' compartments in the next unit thereunder when the units aresuperposed, and tie devices extendingthrough the floor portions of thesuperposed units for detachably holding said units a'ss'embled.

2. A structure'of the class'clescribed including interchangeablesuperposed units each comprising a floor, a Walled structure secured 'tothe floor, thefloor of one unit constituting a closure for the nextadjoining unit, said floors pro-jectingbeyond the Wall structures,spacing means interposed between the projecting portions of the floors,and tie devices extending through the floors and the spacing means forbinding them together detachably.

3. A structure of the class described includingsuperposed units'eachincluding a floor, and a Walled structure secured to the floor,each-walled structure having compartments thereinprovided With outletsthrough the Walls, a removable floor section in the floor of the topunit supported by the Walled floor of thetop unit supported by theWalled structure of the next unit thereunder, spacing means interposedbetween the floors of the units, and tie devices extending throughthespacing unitsandfloors for binding them together and holding theunits fixed in superposed relation.

Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, IlliLVG hereto affixedmy signature in "the presence of two Witnesses.

OLLIE C. GEORGE; Witnesses:

L.WINIFRED' QUERHAMMER, v

FRANK S. TALEE.

